En anglais

Books and films in the original language

Languages · Texts, Media & Translation · ages 16-18

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Strategy check: You want to return to a scene when preparing a discussion in the new language. Which note would help most?
- A list of unfamiliar words and their meanings, with no scene references
- A list of chapter titles and page numbers
- A scene summary, its location and useful original wording
Strategy check: On your first reading of a novel in the new language, you want to follow the story. Which approach fits that purpose?
- Follow events; check words that block them.
- Define every new word before you read further.
- Read the ending instead of the whole book.
Strategy check: Watching a film dubbed into your first language is listening to its original dialogue in the language you are learning.
Circle one: True False
Original Spanish passage practice: 'Nadie llamó. Nadie vino.' Help: nadie = no one; llamó = called; vino = came. Dataset translation: 'No one called or came.' What changes?
- The translation removes the statement that no one called.
- The repeated opening becomes one opening in a joined sentence.
- The translation says someone came after making a call.
Original Spanish passage practice: 'La ciudad dormía; no se oía un ruido.' Help: no sound was heard. Practice entry, dormir: sleep; be inactive (figurative). Which sense fits the city here?
- Sleep literally, as a person does at night.
- Be inactive, with the city described as quiet.
- Be empty, with every resident away from the city.
Strategy check: To support an interpretation of a book or film in a discussion, give a relevant line or scene and explain how it supports your claim.
Circle one: True False
Strategy check: You choose an original-language novel whose plot you already know. Why can that help without making every sentence easy?
- Knowing the plot makes every original word familiar.
- Knowing the plot removes the need to check any details.
- The known plot can provide context for unfamiliar wording.
Strategy check: You compare a passage with one translation. That version preserves the events and tone but loses a pun. Which conclusion is supported?
- This version loses that pun but keeps those events and tone.
- Every translation loses the events and tone.
- This translation loses the events and tone as well as the pun.

Answer key

For grown-ups. Fold this page away before handing over the rest.

Books and films in the original language W1-mt_S4LLM2SAiw-s1

A scene summary, its location and useful original wording · A page reference or timestamp locates the scene. Its summary and wording help you prepare what to discuss.
Follow events; check words that block them. · Follow the events and check unfamiliar wording when it prevents you from understanding them.
False · A first-language dub replaces the original dialogue with dialogue in your first language.
The repeated opening becomes one opening in a joined sentence. · The original begins two sentences with Nadie. The translation joins the actions and uses No one once, while retaining both negative statements.
Be inactive, with the city described as quiet. · The city is described figuratively as sleeping. The absence of sound supports a quiet, inactive setting, not a literal sleeping person or an empty city.
True · The example and explanation let others check how your interpretation fits the work.
The known plot can provide context for unfamiliar wording. · Knowing the plot provides context. It does not guarantee vocabulary knowledge or understanding of every detail.
This version loses that pun but keeps those events and tone. · The comparison shows one lost feature and two preserved features in this passage and version. It does not establish universal failure.